The Department of Politics and
International Relations at Oxford is an internationally renowned centre of excellence for teaching
and research. The study of these disciplines at Oxford has a long and distinguished history and the
department is now one of the largest in the field in the UK.

22 May 2020

DPIR is delighted that Paul Chaisty, Professor of Russian and East European Politics, and Timothy Power, Professor of Latin American Politics, have been awarded the 2019 Robert Elgie best paper prize by the...

18 May 2020

We are delighted to announce that the Global Thinkers Project has been shortlisted for the Vice-Chancellor’s Diversity Awards.

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COVID-19 Information

Bringing the DPIR community online

Teaching, study and assessments continue throughout Trinity Term 2020, using online systems and resources. Academic and administrative staff are working hard to maintain the highest possible standards of education for students through this difficult period.

Digital events will bring together our research community of students and academics online, now scattered across the globe. Please email events@politics.ox.ac.uk if you would like to host or publicise a digital event through the department.

Helping understand political and diplomatic challenges at a time of global crisis

The Oxford University Politics Blog

As the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) nears completion, the Nile River Basin is at a crossroads. The next few months will be consequential for relations between countries in the river basin—notably Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt—because dam management upstream could have consequences for the supply of water downstream. Although the three countries began discussions after the project was...